1845.

or below, there being a cross road within a mile of Ward's house, both north and South (?) It was in 1776, and General Vaughan encamped at Odell's Hill.

Monday, October 6th Thomas Strang, of Yorktown, about two miles from Crompond: "My father and his three brothers were born at Crompond in Cortlandt's Manor. In the Revolution two of them, viz, my uncle, Major Joseph and my Father Henry Strang, were whigs, being officers in Colonel Samuel Drake's militia regiment, and the other two were tories, viz, Daniel &

Aaron Ward, Esq, for compensation for the loss of the Meeting House and buildings during the Revolutionary war, and the Committee of Reference reported in their favor, but the report was never acted upon. One of the principal Affidavits upon which the claim was founded was that of Caleb Morgan which was drawn by himself. The Affidavit was [inter: now] on file at Washington, states that some Royalists who were advised of what was going on at Crompond ap- -plied to Colonel Robinson who was on board a vessel of war in the North river for a force to destroy the American guard house and stores &c, and that Robinson sent Major Abercrombie with a detachment of Infantry from Peekskill or Verplanks Point. This detachment was guided by the said Caleb Morgan, surprised the American Post and burnt Strang's house. (?)

three quarters of a mile from Pine's Bridge, and about half a mile from the road leading from Pines Bridge to Crompond. Both Greene and Flagg attempted to defend themselves. DeLancey's Refugees attempted to carry him, Greene, off, but finding him dying, they left him in the woods, by the side of the private road or farm path leading from Danforth's house to the Crompond road where he was soon afterwards found, by a patrol command -ed by my father, Captain Henry Strang being then quite dead, and lying about half way from the said house to said road.